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Mystery carbon is a steel I would happily offer, but polishing is a problem. I could polish comfortably to Heiji level finish,after that, finer grit sandpaper just skids on the surface. I will keep thinking about it and hopefully will come up with a solution.

KU finish is impossible with my grind. There are some other finish possibilities, but at this time I will focus on the machine finish/hand finish (with silcarb polishing stones), or just the machine finish with ceramic belts.

I would like to get a bit more feedback on this steel before committing more time and resources to it.

I have to write a big check on Nov. 1, so I need to get some new knives out and these will have to be ready-made (for efficiency sake). I already started working on these.

I am aiming at having following knives completed by the Nov. 1st. Sayas will take a little longer, as finishing process takes several days. Knives will have S grind and will come with D handles for right hand use (sorry lefties). Will be super thin at the edge, but slightly thicker at the mid section and spine to give the knife more weight. D handle, with a neck lengh on the blade about 14-15mm (add this to the lengh to get a total lengh of the knife, tip to handle).

255mm workhorse gyuto. Target weight with the handle 260g. Hardness 62.5-63RC. A2 will have a special heat treatment that should result in a superb performance.
A2 - 1
52100 - 2
Cost with a select grade poplar saya - $511. Shipping included.

Handles will be a select gradeCocobolo and Lignum Vitae (LV will turn green over time and poplar sayas have gray color to them, so it will be a nice match). Both woods have some of the best feeling among natural woods on the contact.

100% satisfaction (especially for folks who are on the fence about A2) stands, as long as the knife is returned in condition received.

I can't take any reservations for these. Once the knives are completed (bar sayas), I will start posting them for sale, on the first-come-first serve basis. Thank you.

It's more likely to be 31st of 1st, as there is a lot of work to be done in these knives.

52100 240s are oversize, so blades are about 245mm on the edge. I profiled them a bit longer, to factor in broken tips down the road. 255mm are exactly 255, and about 55mm tall at the heel. 255 will have weight and height for a good workhorse knife.

I will have my assistant starting on Nov. 7. A 2-3 days of training and then I should immerse myself in custom orders. Farming out (in-house) prep work will save me a lot of time.

Profile is a hybrid between Masamoto ans Shigefusa profiles. The angle makes the blades look taller at the heel and shorter heel to tip than in a real life. Both have a flat spot and a curve, so the knife could be rocked, thought the curve is not overly pronounced.

I cut and profile knives by hand, so there will be minor variation in the profile from blade to blade.